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Trainer Chad Brown registered his fourth consecutive New York Racing Association year-end training title, jockey Manny Franco picked up his first crown and Michael Dubb earned his fifth straight title on the circuit as the curtain came down on racing for the year Monday at Aqueduct Racetrack. Brown, who has won back-to-back Eclipse Awards for […]

Michael Dubb considers his 3-year-old Florida-bred colt World of Trouble nothing less than a remarkable specimen. But as he prepared to face seven overmatched foes in the $125,000 Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association Marion County Florida Sire Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, Dubb couldn’t help feeling a little queasy about his 1-5 shot. “It’s […]

Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facility in Georgetown, KY., announced on Tuesday the arrival of two new notable retirees: Grade 1 winner Wake Forest and stakes winner Kharafa. Wake Forest was a Group 3 winner in Germany before relocating to trainer Chad Brown’s barn in 2015 for owners Michael Dubb, Sol Kumin and his Sheep […]

Micheal Dubb, Head of Plains Partners, Robert LaPenta and Bethlehem Stables’ Uni came from near last of a strung-out field to hit the wire first in Sunday’s Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes at Del Mar, crossing the finish a half-length ahead of Daddy Is A Legend. Sent off at odds of 5-1, the 4-year-old daughter of […]

Coming into Saturday’s $100,000 Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes for two year-old state-bred colts and geldings, on paper, it appeared that Call Paul held a major class advantage over his seven rivals. Already a Grade 2 winner at Saratoga this summer, winning the Saratoga Special in August, and then a solid third in the Grade 1 Champagne […]

One of Grade 1 winner Wake Forest’s former owners, Michael Dubb stepped up to retire the 8-year-old horse when claiming him for $8,000 on Saturday at Gulfstream Park West. Wake Forest finished ninth of 11 in what will be his last start on the track. Details for the son of Sir Percy’s retirement are still […]

A growing list of prominent owners and trainers are stepping up to support racehorse aftercare by participating in the New Vocations Breeders’ Cup Pledge. Now in its ninth year, the Pledge has raised over $480,000, with 100 percent of funds raised supporting the program’s rehabilitation, retraining and rehoming efforts. “New Vocations is a program the […]

Michael Dubb, Bethlehem Stables and Gary Aisquith’s Fourstar Crook got her Grade 1 win by two lengths on Sunday, cruising from last-to-first despite a very slow early pace in the Flower Bowl at Belmont Park. The 6-year-old New York-bred daughter of Freud completed 1 1/4 miles over the “good” turf in 2:03.28, earning an expenses-paid […]

Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables and Bethlehem Stables’ A Raving Beauty got back to the winner’s circle for the first time since June in Saturday’s G1 First Lady Stakes at Keeneland, earning an expenses-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf in the process. The 5-year-old daughter of Mastercraftsman, ridden by John Velazquez for […]